Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-30
A BOULEVARD
From Los Angeles to Pas
adena Assured.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE.
To Be 100 Feet wide and Lined
With Shade Trees-Nine
Miles Long.

Wnere snail we go lor pleasan
drive? 2" has been the question not in
frequently asked by many, or, i
might be said, q majority OF the Wis
itors to Los Angeles. The "oldest in
habitant," up to this date, has no
been able to answer the question sat
isfactorily. The Santa Monica, Pasa
dena and other roads lead through al
beautiful country as the sun eve
shown upon, but owing to their dusty
condition the sightseer, felt at the com
pletion of the drive, that he had un
dergonc more OF bore than really
pleasurable trip. Thanks to the ener
gy and enterprise of some OF the rep
rcsentative citizens OF Los Angeles, q
boulevard that for beauty will surpass
anything that has ever been attempt.
ed will soon be completed. New Yorl;
boasts OF its Fifth avenue and Central
Park drives, and San Francisco of its
lovely roadway from the city to the
Cliff House. They are indeed fine
roads and cover a great deal OF
ground, but Los Angeles is about
to become the possessor OF a
roadway which will be equal
n many respects to the places above
noted, but which will, as far as u ro-
mantle and lovely country is con-
cerned, surpass anything yet de-
scribed.
LOS ANGELES FUTURE DRIVEWAY
Will be known as the Pasadena Bouie-
ward. Among the cnterprising men
who have devoted their time and
brains to this beneficial enterprise no
one is more entitled to credit than
Harvey 7. d. Wilson. This gentle
man saw the feasibility of the
scheme some three months ago, and
has been studiously working on it ever
since, and to his satisfaction and that
of the public his efforts are about to
be crowned with success. The drive
way which will be almost in straight
line to Pasadena, will be 100 feet wide
the entire distance, and will be kept in
splendid condition so that visitors to
Los Angeles can boast that it has one
of the favored drives of the world.
A HERALD reporter yesterday took q
trip over the route, accompanied by
other representatives of the Press and
Paul Riecker, the civil engineer and
surveyor OF the work. The boulevard
drive will commence at Second and
Lake Shore avenue, which is lst be-
hind the Second-street Park, a.d run
along Lake Shore avenue to and
through the Montana tract, keeping
parallel with Montana avenue. Up
TO this point the interests of the boule
ward will be taken care of by Colenel
George II. Smith and Mr.. Mailman,
who will see that this is made a
fine roadway. Continuing, it will
traverse Alvarado street, and then
swinging little to the left, will pass
through the beautiful Dobinson vine
yard. Mr.. Dobinson not alone cheer
fully granted the right Of way, but
agreed to grade and keep the road in
condition through his property, and
he will also plant fine shade trees.
Next, the road will pass through the
beautiful property of Mr.. Mailman
and J. w. Potts, and ut the same time
keep to the right Of the beautiful val
ley. This is one of the points that
will make the drive as famous as it is
destined to be, for the view is one that
beggars description.
TIE VALLEY.
On either side can be seen the beau
tiful valley, with its golden stacks and
the happy homes OF men, while in the
distance the scenic view is bcautitied
by the majestic and lofty mountains.
The course then turns cast and south
erly, and passes through DIR. lie Moyne
Wills property, and over the
Los Angeles river, which will be
bridged. This property is between
the Chadwick and Lindley properties,
and from this point can be seen Bur-
bank, Glendale and the ostrich farm.
Next the road passes behind the High
land View tract and then through the
fine country OF Ivanhoe, which lies a
little to the west. The Cook and Sny-
der properties, through which the
road continues its course, was next
passed, but not before the patty
stopped at the hospitablc farm home
of Mr.. Cook. The Boulevard tract,
which is composed Of $50 acres of rich
land, was next gone over, but about
half way halt was made and the fine
land Of III. Mosgrove was inspected.
The Boulevard tract people, who are
N. D. Coleman; p. G. Baker, of Pasa
dena; A. G. Chil-dress, tho Los
Angeles banker; r. +. G. Wilson,
of Texas, and Harvey T. d. Will
son, have made very liberal
offers to support the enterprise,
and are deserving OF the public's
thanks. From the middle of this
tract q first-class branch road
will be built to and through the
Verdugo country and Glendale. The
road at this place is only thiee-quar-
ters of mile north Of Garvanzo, and
passes through country full OF arte-
sian water wells, and with a scenery
that is not alone beautiful, but unsur-
passable agriculturally. Next the
road goes into the beautiful Eagle
Rock country. passing tho Montezlma
tract. which is owned by Messrs. Bar
nette & Thompson. and comprises GAO
acres. Then it runs through Rock
dale, which is equally as attractive in
scenery as any OF the rest OF the
route. When the party came to the
estate of A. Campbell Johnson. Mr..
johnson readily gave the right OF way
over his land. Passing Mr.. Johnson's
residence, an almost direct route is
taken to California street, and aftor
driving along this for a short dis.
tance Fair Oaks avenue, one OF
Pasadena's fine and main streets,
is reached, and the pleasure
seeker is in the crown OF the valley
and has enjoyed one OF the finest
drives in the world. The right, oil
way over the entire distance. which is
about eight miles, is all obtained, and
every property owner along the road
sees the benefit OF the enterprise and
is working to insure the grand success
which it will certainly be. The boule-
ward will be completed about January
1st. The entire route will be bor-
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